Initial Thoughts on Rakan
So, just played my first normal with Rakan 
and I think he is ALOT of fun.
Unfortunately, he felt a little lack luster. Granted its my first time with him, but overall it just seemed like it wasnt worth building AP on him. For starters, 
and 
and 
are all pretty much mandatory, so that right there cuts deeply into trying to make his AP ratios useful. Alternatively, 
is fairly weak, 
isnt bad but doesnt give a TON of AP, and 
is pretty niche. I tried rushing 
, but felts massively squishy, and ANY form of CC really shuts Rakan down, whether it be a slow during his ult or a knockup that cancels his W.
His Q also seems a LITTLE lackluster. I could TOTALLY dig the range on it going up with rank. Otherwise, I have no reason to want to max it. Sure, the damage is decent, but its hard to hit with and doesnt justify not taking points in W/E. If the range went up with rank, I could see it being maxed in some situations for poking. E range could stand to be a little longer, and the W delay before knock up seems a LITTLE long, but those are lesser notes.
Just some initial thoughts. Imma play more and see how he feels.
. It gives enough AP to feel impactful, plus you have plenty of shields and peel for your team, and landing a q is very rewarding with the high resistances. You don't really want to stack AP like Sona, but you do want a mix of AP, defense, and utility to feel satisfying without just blowing up.
